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Birmingham
	Birmingham postcode area
	; B
Postcode area	B
Postcode area name	Birmingham
Post towns	15
Postcode districts	78
Postcode sectors	267
Postcodes (live)	42,173
Postcodes (total)	55,850
	Statistics as at October 2006

The B postcode area, also known as the Birmingham postcode area,^[2] provides postcodes for the boroughs of Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire in England.

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
B1–B4	BIRMINGHAM	Birmingham City Centre, Ladywood	Birmingham
B5	BIRMINGHAM	Digbeth	Birmingham
B6	BIRMINGHAM	Aston	Birmingham
B7	BIRMINGHAM	Nechells	Birmingham
B8	BIRMINGHAM	Washwood Heath, Ward End, Saltley	Birmingham
B9	BIRMINGHAM	Bordesley Green	Birmingham
B10	BIRMINGHAM	Small Heath	Birmingham
B11	BIRMINGHAM	Sparkhill, Tyseley	Birmingham
B12	BIRMINGHAM	Balsall Heath, Sparkbrook	Birmingham
B13	BIRMINGHAM	Moseley, Billesley	Birmingham
B14	BIRMINGHAM	Kings Heath, Yardley Wood, Brandwood, Druids Heath, Warstock	Birmingham
B15	BIRMINGHAM	Edgbaston, Chad Valley	Birmingham
B16	BIRMINGHAM	Edgbaston, Ladywood	Birmingham
B17	BIRMINGHAM	Harborne	Birmingham
B18	BIRMINGHAM	Winson Green	Birmingham
B19	BIRMINGHAM	Lozells, Newtown, Birchfield	Birmingham
B20	BIRMINGHAM	Birchfield, Handsworth Wood	Birmingham
B21	BIRMINGHAM	Handsworth	Birmingham
B22	BIRMINGHAM		Birmingham
B23	BIRMINGHAM	Erdington, Short Heath	Birmingham
B24	BIRMINGHAM	Erdington, Tyburn	Birmingham
B25	BIRMINGHAM	Yardley	Birmingham
B26	BIRMINGHAM	Sheldon, Yardley	Birmingham
B27	BIRMINGHAM	Acocks Green	Birmingham
B28	BIRMINGHAM	Hall Green	Birmingham
B29	BIRMINGHAM	Selly Oak, Bournbrook	Birmingham
B30	BIRMINGHAM	Bournville, Cotteridge, Stirchley	Birmingham
B31	BIRMINGHAM	Northfield	Birmingham
B32	BIRMINGHAM	Woodgate, Bartley Green, Quinton	Birmingham
B33	BIRMINGHAM	Kitts Green	Birmingham
B34	BIRMINGHAM	Shard End, Buckland End	Birmingham
B35	BIRMINGHAM	Castle Vale	Birmingham
B36	BIRMINGHAM	Hodge Hill, Castle Bromwich	Birmingham, Solihull
B37	BIRMINGHAM	Chelmsley Wood, Marston Green	Solihull
B38	BIRMINGHAM	Kings Norton	Birmingham
B40	BIRMINGHAM	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International Airport	Solihull
B42	BIRMINGHAM	Perry Barr, Great Barr, Hamstead	Birmingham
B43	BIRMINGHAM	Great Barr	Birmingham
B44	BIRMINGHAM	Perry Barr, Kingstanding, Great Barr	Birmingham
B45	BIRMINGHAM	Rednal, Rubery	Birmingham, Bromsgrove
B46	BIRMINGHAM	Water Orton, Coleshill	North Warwickshire
B47	BIRMINGHAM	Hollywood, Wythall	Birmingham, Bromsgrove
B48	BIRMINGHAM	Alvechurch	Birmingham, Bromsgrove
B49–B50	ALCESTER	Alcester	Stratford-on-Avon
B60–B61	BROMSGROVE	Bromsgrove	Bromsgrove
B62–B63	HALESOWEN	Halesowen	Dudley, Bromsgrove
B64	CRADLEY HEATH	Cradley Heath	Sandwell
B65	ROWLEY REGIS	Rowley Regis	Sandwell
B66–B67	SMETHWICK	Smethwick	Sandwell
B68–B69	OLDBURY	Oldbury	Sandwell
B70–B71	WEST BROMWICH	West Bromwich	Sandwell
B72	SUTTON COLDFIELD	Sutton Coldfield town centre, Maney, Wylde Green	Birmingham
B73	SUTTON COLDFIELD	Boldmere, New Oscott, Wylde Green	Birmingham
B74	SUTTON COLDFIELD	Four Oaks, Mere Green, Little Aston, Streetly	Birmingham, Lichfield, Walsall
B75	SUTTON COLDFIELD	Sutton Trinity, Falcon Lodge, Rectory	Birmingham
B76	SUTTON COLDFIELD	Walmley	Birmingham
B77–B79	TAMWORTH	Tamworth	Tamworth, North Warwickshire
B80	STUDLEY	Studley	Stratford-on-Avon
B90	SOLIHULL	Shirley, Wythall, Majors Green, Dickens Heath	Solihull, Bromsgrove
B91–B94	SOLIHULL	Olton, Solihull	Solihull
B95	HENLEY-IN-ARDEN	Henley-in-Arden	Stratford-on-Avon
B96–B98	REDDITCH	Redditch	Redditch

[edit] Notes

B1 1AA is Birmingham Head Post office; this is no longer in the B1 area, but retains the B1 code.
B1 1BB is Birmingham Council House^[3]

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - CV (Coventry) - WR (Worcester) - DY (Dudley) - WS (Walsall) - DE (Derby) .

[edit] Former scheme

Street name signs on Birdbrook Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, showing old "Birmingham 22" (top) and modern "B44" postcodes.

Before the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s, Birmingham along with other major cities were divided into numbered postal districts. With a few exceptions these were directly incorporated into the outcode (the first part of the postcode).

For example, Great Barr was formerly Birmingham 22 and Birmingham 22A (now B43 and 44) and Smethwick was formerly Birmingham 40 and 41 (now B66 and 67 and a separate post town).

[edit] See also

List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

[edit] References

^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
^ "Contact Us". Birmingham City Council. http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/contact. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

Coordinates: 52°30′N 1°54′W / 52.5°N 1.9°W / 52.5; -1.9

[0] "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29.

[1] Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

[BCC-2] "Contact Us". Birmingham City Council. http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/contact. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

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